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    M.P.E.C. 2003-N10                                Issued 2003 July 3, 14:37 UT
    
         The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
             minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
       on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
              Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                              Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2003 NZ
    
    Observations:
         K03N00Z* C2003 07 02.50577 21 36 19.95 -23 36 10.2          20.5        608
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 02.51630 21 36 20.69 -23 36 17.3          21.2        608
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 02.52675 21 36 21.47 -23 36 24.3          20.4        608
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 02.77654 21 36 40.49 -23 38 50.8          19.0 R      413
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 02.77908 21 36 40.67 -23 38 52.4          18.9 R      413
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 02.78163 21 36 40.87 -23 38 54.0          19.1 R      413
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 03.34589 21 37 25.40 -23 45 16.2          18.6 R      649
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 03.34980 21 37 25.73 -23 45 19.0          18.6 R      649
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 03.35371 21 37 25.99 -23 45 21.6          18.2 R      649
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 03.42794 21 37 31.56 -23 46 10.9                      926
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 03.43229 21 37 31.92 -23 46 12.0          19.7 R      673
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 03.43257 21 37 31.70 -23 46 11.0                      926
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 03.43519 21 37 32.14 -23 46 14.1          19.7 R      673
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 03.43714 21 37 32.19 -23 46 15.3          18.7 R      926
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 03.43796 21 37 32.34 -23 46 16.0          19.7 R      673
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 03.44097 21 37 32.57 -23 46 17.9          19.7 R      673
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 03.44375 21 37 32.74 -23 46 19.6          19.7 R      673
         K03N00Z  C2003 07 03.44699 21 37 32.98 -23 46 21.7          19.7 R      673
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring.  Observers R. H. McNaught, B. A. Steininger.  1.0-m f/8
        reflector + CCD.
    608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers S. Pravdo, M. Hicks, K. Lawrence,
        P. Kervin, J. Africano, R. Maeda.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers M. Glaze, R. Trentman.  0.75-m
        Newtonian + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
        reflector + CCD.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 NZ
    Epoch 2003 June 30.0 TT = JDT 2452820.5                 MPC
    M   1.27085              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.19598078     Peri.  198.96371     +0.29206393     +0.94736644
    a   2.9353534      Node    88.18612     -0.85964715     +0.32013149
    e   0.5011436      Incl.    7.53879     -0.41917233     +0.00355805
    P   5.03           H   19.0           G   0.15
    From 18 observations 2003 July 2-3.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 NZ                  a,e,i = 2.94, 0.50, 8                   q = 1.4643
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 06 30    21 32.89   -23 09.7    0.538    1.466   139.0    27.0    19.7
    2003 07 10    21 45.02   -25 00.0    0.518    1.474   145.7    22.9    19.5
    2003 07 20    21 52.80   -26 57.5    0.511    1.488   152.6    18.3    19.4
    2003 07 30    21 56.32   -28 47.6    0.517    1.509   158.9    14.0    19.3
    2003 08 09    21 56.55   -30 13.0    0.538    1.536   162.8    11.3    19.3
    2003 08 19    21 55.10   -31 00.9    0.574    1.568   162.0    11.5    19.5
    2003 08 29    21 53.67   -31 06.3    0.626    1.605   157.0    14.2    19.8
    2003 09 08    21 53.74   -30 31.8    0.694    1.647   150.3    17.6    20.2
    2003 09 18    21 56.11   -29 24.9    0.776    1.692   143.2    20.9    20.6
    2003 09 28    22 00.93   -27 54.4    0.873    1.740   136.0    23.6    21.0
    2003 10 08    22 08.08   -26 07.3    0.984    1.790   129.1    25.7    21.4
    2003 10 18    22 17.17   -24 09.6    1.107    1.843   122.3    27.2    21.8
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-N10
    

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